Bread-making machine.



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GEORGE BECK, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

BREAD-MAKING MACHINE.

Application led December 8, 1911.

To all Lo/wm it muy concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE BECK, a citizen of the United States residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Les Angeles and- State of California, have invented a new and useful Bread-Making Machine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a machinevfor, rolling the dough, cutting it in pieces of certain weight, and forming it into loaves; and my object is to accomplish 4this result in-an improved and more perfect manner than has heretofore been possible in such machines; mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in Which- Figure 1 is a broken sectional elevation of my machine. Fig. 2 is the same view in side elevation. F ig.,3 is a plan view of the rear elevation. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the front elevation.. Fig. 5 is a plan view from t-he top. Fig.- 6 is a perspective view of the knife. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the movable shaper. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the rigid Shaper. Fig. 9 is an elevation of the tray. Fig. 10 is a plan view .of t-he tray.-

In Fig. l, 1 is a frame; 2; 3 and 4 pressure rollers; 3', 4, and 5', 8 flanges on rollers; 22, a2, 4.2, a, Shafts; 5, e, 7, s, 9, 1o, 11 and 12 conveyer rollers; 62, 72, 82, 92, 102, 112, and 122 shafts; 13, 14 and 15 canvas; 16 and 17 chains; 18, 19, 20,21, 21', 22 and 22 gears; 23 pressure block; 23 curved top of block;

23'2 bolts; 24 feed tray; 24A brace; 25 dough;

26 cutter; 27 rigid Shaper; 27 rigid shaper support; 272 screws; 28 movable shaper; 28

. shaper shaft; 29 adjusting lever; 29 shaft;

30 adjusting rod; 30 shaft; 302 nut; 31

brush; 31 shaft; 32 shaper lever;

thumb screws; 40 a yoke in the frame; 41

a spring; 42 adjusting screws.

In Fig. 3, 242 is a brace; 43 a power pulley; 44 and 45 nuts. In Fig. 5, 43 is a belt, and X aV sprocket chain.

In Fig. 6, 26" isa concave curve in the cutter; 262 aconvex curve; 263 the shaft; 26* the cam. A

In Fig. 7, 282 is a concave curve.

My machine consists of a frame` 1, in

Specication of Letters Patent.

I attain these objects by thel Serial No. 664,392.

which are journaled the gears, 18, 19, 20, 21,

2 2, 22, 34, 35, 3G, 37, 38 and 39, which com-' bine to operate the pressure rollers 2, 3 and 4, and the conveyor rollers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

The feed tray 24 is secured to the frame Y 1 by means of the braces 24 and 242. vInfrontof the tray are the pressurerollers 2 and 3, the roller 3 having the flange 3, 'the roller 3 being adjustable in relation to the roller 2 by means of the yoke 40, the spring 41 and the screws 42. the roller 3 is fixed the gear 39 and meshing with this gear 19 turns the gear 18, which meshes with the gear 20, meshing with the gear 35; The gear 19 also meshes with the gear 34. On the shaft 31 is the pulley 43 to which power is transmitted through the belt 43. The gear 36 meshes with the gears and 21 and the gear 37 on the saine shaft as 21 meshes with the gear 38; the gear'2l meshes with the gear 21 011 the same shaft as gear 22 which meshes with the gear 22.

On the shaft 32 of their diameters. The pressure vrollers 2 and Y.

3 being on thesame shaft'respectively as the gears 13 and 39 revo'l've with theln in the same direction, and preserve a distance between 4the rollers regulated by the adjusting screws 4. with the gear 34 is the conveyer roller 5, around which revolves the conveyer canvas 13 and which also revolves around the conveyer Arollers G, 7 and 8, the tension of the canvas 13 being adjusted by means of the lever 29 on the pivot 29, and having a concave bearing -on the roller 7. The rod 30 is hooked onto the lever 29 and its opposite end runs through the pin 30, an adjusting nut 302 being screwed onthe end beyond the in. 14 revolves around the two'rollers 9 and l0 and a third 15 around the rollers 11 and 12. The conveyer 14 is revolved by means of On the salue shaft A second canvas conveyor the sprocket chain 17 on sprocket on the i rollers 9 and 10, which are actuated by the pressure block 23 having a convex flange 23 y is clamped above the conveyor la by the adf, the screws 272.

.fixed the gear 35.

jnstable clamps 233, and having the slots 234,' through which are fixed the thumb screws 235.

The shaper Q7 is concave in form and is secured to the frame l by the flanges 27 and The movable Shaper Q8 is also concave in form in the same arc as the Shaper :27, and is pivoted on the pivot 28', on which is also xed the Shaper lever 32, to the lower end of which is attached the tension spring 322, the upper end resting against the cam 323', which is fixed on the shaft of the cutter Q6.

rlhe cutter 26 is in form concavo-convex, the concave end having a cutting edge, and is iiXe/d on the same shaft bearing the gears Q1 and 22. In its action 1L revolves toward the rear and its edge follows the concave arc of the two Shapers 2() and 28. The brush 8l is fixed on the shaft 3l on which is also It is raised above the conveyer' 13' sutlicient to allow the dough to pass under it and still be in contact with it, and is designed to brush the flour off the dough. The shaper 33 is slotted at one end intothe pin 31 in the frame l, and the thumb screw 332 serves to adjust its pressure on the roller 3.

In operation the dough 25, after being ressed into al sheet of the proper thickness, is placed on the feed tray 26 and one end -off it inserted between the rollers 2 and 3. T he machine is started and the dough passes through said rollers and drops down upon the conveyer 13, which carries it along under the brush 3l., and under the roller 4. As it comes out on the other side of the roller the cutter 26 revolves toward it and cutting a portion, carries said portion against the .Shaper 27. At the same time the shaperfQS actuated by the cam 323, moves upward and inaaeoo folds the sheet or dough 3l into a cylindrical shape. rlhe cam 323 in its revolution then releases rthe Shaper 28, which returns to its normal position and the cvlindcr of dough in loaf form passes to the conveyer le, and under the convex flange of the pressure block Q3, which serves to weld' the. two edges of the loaf together and it then passes to the third conveyer l5, which delivers it ready :for baking.

By this machine l can make a bett-er loaf of more certain weight, and more economically, than it can be done by any other bread making machine. The operation is continuous and the machine rcomparatively cheap. The edges of the loaf are welded together in one tight seam, and the shape is clean and neat.

.Vhat l claim isf-e l. In a bread making machine, the com bination of a revolving cutter and loaf shaping member; of a rigid shaping member, and a cam-actuated movable sha-ping member, and means to convey dough through shaping members.

2. In a bread making machine, the combination with a frame of a series of pressure rollers, a series of gears in train to operate said rollers in cooperation at different speeds, means for adjusting said rollers, conveyer rollers, canvas on said lconveyer rollers, a revolving brush for brushing lour from the dough, a loaf shaper comprising a revolving cutter, a rigid member, Aa movable member and a loaf presser acting coordinately, a power pulley, andmeans for applying power to operate. said machine.

GEORGE BECK.

Witnesses:

Elma BELL HOWELL, t J. EBooKsTvER. 

